Rocco Silano is a close-up magic and stage illusion and stage magic artist based in Paterson, NJ. A true touring headliner, Rocco Silano brings stagecraft and high-caliber deception directly to audiences across the country, consistently headlining leading venues nationwide.
Rocco Silano is an illusionist based in Paterson, NJ. Rocco Silano's career includes being billed 2 weeks at The Magic Castle in Hollywood. Rocco Silano headlines a residency at The Cutting Room in New York.
Award-winning magician Rocco Silano is known within the profession as the Michelangelo of Magic, and he is the only American to win awards at two FISM World Championships of Magic, the international competition often described as the Olympics of Magic. He is a multiple recipient of the Merlin Award and the winner of the Golden Lion Head Award presented by Siegfried and Roy in Las Vegas.
His magic is elegant, fluid, and impossibly clean, built on impeccable timing, extraordinary misdirection, and a presence that feels cinematic yet intimate. He has headlined the legendary Magic Castle in Hollywood and appeared on Masters of Illusion and VH1's Celebracadabra, and his creation D'Lite became one of the most commercially successful magic effects ever produced. Rocco has performed for distinguished audiences across Europe, Asia, and the United States.
Castle debut 2013, last billed 2018, on the Castle’s published schedules as the archive records them. Rooms: Lectures (1), Palace (1), Hat & Hare (1), Peller (1). (4 room engagements across 2 weeks).
FindMagic has documented 109 individually dated public performances across 9 venues in 4 cities from 2001 to 2027. With 39 documented performances at Monte's Trattoria, New York serves as an enduring artistic home, drawing magic enthusiasts night after night to witness world-class deception.
Shows recorded across FindMagic listings. Tour dates and earlier appearances are actively being backfilled.
Monte's Trattoria · New York, NY
With Todd Robbins, Peter Samelson, Jamy Ian Swiss, Michael Chaut, Bob Friedhoffer, Bob Sheets, David Roth, Frank Brents, Simon Lovell, Eric DeCamps, Ken Krenzel, Chris Capehart, Wesley James, George Schindler
The Cutting Room · New York, NY
With Todd Robbins, Peter Samelson, Jamy Ian Swiss, Michael Chaut, Bob Friedhoffer, Bob Sheets, David Roth, Frank Brents, Simon Lovell, Eric DeCamps, Ken Krenzel, Chris Capehart, Wesley James, George Schindler
Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater · Huntingdon Valley, PA
With Mike Miller, Gino Mozzarella
The Players Theatre · New York, NY
With Lina Liu, Michael Chaut, Woody Aragon, David Schwartz, Jon Stetson, Mike Patrick, Noah Levine, Pit Hartling, Peter Samelson, Bobby Torkova, The Great Throwdini, Stu Turner, RJ Lewis, Peter Kougasian, Todd Robbins, Chris McDaniel, Jen Slaw, Andrew Goldenhersh, Chris Capehart, Danny Alan
Bleecker Street Theatre · New York, NY
With Jeff Grow, Marcus Monroe, Francis Menotti, Michael Chaut, Master Lee, RJ Lewis, Chris McDaniel, Danny Alan, John Graham, Asi Wind, Thomas Durnin
Theatre at St. Clement's · New York, NY
With Chris McDaniel, Jamy Ian Swiss, Michael Chaut, Asi Wind, David Kaye, Danny Alan, Harley Newman, David Oliver, John Cassidy, John Graham, Peter Kougasian, Thomas Durnin, Frank Brents, Bobby Torkova, Master Lee
McGinn-Cazale Theatre · New York, NY
With Todd Robbins, Peter Samelson, Jamy Ian Swiss, Michael Chaut, Bob Sheets, Frank Brents, Ken Krenzel, Wesley James, George Schindler
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts · Cerritos, CA
With Mark Kalin & Jinger Leigh, Mike Caveney, Tina Lenert, Juliana Chen
Sleight of hand at intimate distance — cards, coins, and sleight of hand.
Grand theatrical illusion crafted for proscenium stages.
Full-scale stage presentation crafted for seated audiences.
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Follow Rocco SilanoMonday Night Magic has run in New York since 1997, with a different line-up of magicians most weeks. Its Monday-night show, Close-Up & In-Person, plays Monte's Trattoria on MacDougal Street, and its Holiday Series of stage shows plays The Cutting Room on selected Mondays. Before that it moved between Off-Broadway houses, among them the SoHo Playhouse, the Theatre at St. Clement's, the Bleecker Street Theatre and, for most of the years from 2011 to 2023, The Players Theatre.
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